Decorative tape dispensing and applying apparatus

• US 4,504,351 A
• Filed: 10/13/1983
• Issued: 03/12/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: 3M Company
• Original Assignee: 3M Company
• Inventors: Antonson, David L.
• Primary Examiner(s): WITYSHYN, MICHAEL G
• Application Number:
  US06/541,456
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• Field of Search: 156/391, 156/523, 156/526, 156/527, 156/577
• US Class Current: 156/391
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 7/00 Wheel cover discs, rings, or the like, for ornamenting, protecting , venting, or obscuring, wholly or in part, the wheel body, rim, hub, or tyre sidewall , e.g. wheel cover discs, wheel cover discs with cooling fins wheels with cooling fins not provided on the wheel cover disc B60B19/10; apparatus or tools for removing or attaching cover discs hub caps or the like B60B31/06
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 35/0033 and affixing it to a surface B65H35/004 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1348 Work traversing type
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1795 Implement carried web supply

Abstract

A dispenser for a decorative tape to apply the same in a circular pattern and a fixture connected to the dispenser to guide the same along a circular path. The fixture comprising a rod pivotally connected to the dispenser on an axis perpendicular to the tape applicating roller and having a cross arm adjustable to the rod with guide rollers at each end thereof to define the circular pattern.

Claims

1. A dispenser for applying a narrow strip of decorative film in a circular pattern on a surface within the periphery of a circular body comprising a dispensing device having a frame for supporting a roll of tape and an applicating roller on one edge of the frame, a fixture is pivotally connected to said frame and extends therefrom for positioning the dispensing device on the surface to be striped, said fixture comprises an arm pivotally connected to the frame for movement about an axis generally perpendicular to the axis of the applicating roller and a cross arm adjustably attached to said arm intermediate the ends of said cross arm, said cross arm having guide means at each end for engaging a said circular body for guiding the path of said applicating roller to define a circular path for said applicating roller.

2. A dispenser according to claim 1 wherein said guide means comprise a pair of rollers mounted on axes generally perpendicular to each other.

3. A dispenser according to claim 1 wherein said dispenser comprises a feed roller for guiding said tape to said applicating roller to position the tape on the applicating roller.

4. A dispenser according to claim 1 wherein said dispenser comprises a cutting blade for severing the tape adjacent said applicating roller, said cutting blade being mounted on an arm pivoted to said frame to afford movement of the blade toward and away from said applicating roller.

5. A dispenser according to claim 4 wherein a spring biases said blade toward said applicating roller to sever the tape extending between said applicating roller and a said surface.